EP3226004B1 - Procédé destiné au fonctionnement d'un dispositif de dosage - Google Patents

Procédé destiné au fonctionnement d'un dispositif de dosage Download PDF

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EP3226004B1
EP3226004B1 EP16162952.2A EP16162952A EP3226004B1 EP 3226004 B1 EP3226004 B1 EP 3226004B1 EP 16162952 A EP16162952 A EP 16162952A EP 3226004 B1 EP3226004 B1 EP 3226004B1
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    • G01F23/28—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring the variations of parameters of electromagnetic or acoustic waves applied directly to the liquid or fluent solid material
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    • G01N35/10—Devices for transferring samples or any liquids to, in, or from, the analysis apparatus, e.g. suction devices, injection devices
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  • the invention relates to a method for operating a metering device and to a metering device with which the liquid level of a liquid in a vessel and / or the level of a phase boundary in this liquid can be measured.
  • metering devices In laboratory facilities, automated systems are increasingly being used with which certain volumes of liquids, reagents or solvents can be added to reaction vessels or injected into analyzers.
  • Such dosing devices usually have dosing units with a cannula, with which the volumes can be removed and then released again.
  • the metering devices can be moved by motor in at least two spatial directions, in particular in a vertical (z) direction and at least one horizontal (x or y) direction, whereby an automatic operation of the metering devices is possible.
  • a difficulty is to move the cannula in the vertical direction so far that it is immersed in a liquid located in a sample or reagent vessel, but not too deep, otherwise there is a likelihood that stick to the outer wall of the cannula fluid which subsequently drips off the cannula and thus falsifies the metered volume or could contaminate a liquid located in another vessel.
  • a method is known in which the level of a liquid is detected by means of an electrode, which is immersed in the liquid and the liquid level is detected according to a conductive state of the electrode. After immersion, however, the electrode must be washed to prevent cross-contamination.
  • a pressure sensor which detects whether steam or liquid is sucked. This procedure has however, the disadvantage that the resolution of the pressure sensor is weak and the sensitivity is low. In particular, the method is susceptible to external factors such as ambient temperature fluctuations and vibrations.
  • optical methods in which an optical waveguide for emitting light as well as for receiving light is provided outside the nozzle to catch the light reflected from a liquid level, thereby detecting the liquid level. However, these optical fibers must be introduced in parallel with the nozzle in the container containing the liquid, which carries the risk of cross-contamination.
  • the DE 10 2007 003 040 B4 discloses an apparatus and method for optically detecting a phase transition between at least two media.
  • the device comprises a needle having a transparent line integrated therein with a fiber optic sensor formed by at least one light guide, the measuring point of which is located as close as possible to the suction / discharge opening of the needle. From the signals detected by the fiber optic sensor, which are influenced by the refractive indices of the fluids in the line, phase transitions can be detected. About the Phase transitions can be calculated, for example, the sucked volume or use as a replacement of a capacitive measurement for level determination.
  • the EP 1 756 587 B1 (bioMerieux Inc.) describes a device for aspirating and dispensing a liquid volume with an optical detection unit.
  • the device comprises two optical fibers for emitting and for receiving a light signal, wherein the light signal is coupled into a pipette tip with light-conducting material or is received by the latter.
  • the pipette tip is linearly displaced by a drive, whereby the received light signal changes upon contact of the pipette tip with a liquid surface, so that a control based on the position of the drive upon contact of the pipette tip with the liquid surface can determine its height.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a process associated with the aforementioned technical field, which allows the operation of a metering device with a level determination, which is simple and which does not require specially designed cannulas or pipette tips.
  • the method for operating a metering device with a control unit and a metering unit, which has a cannula with a first volume and a tip and a removal container fluidically connected to the cannula, in a first step comprises a linear movement of the metering unit in a first direction along an axis at a predetermined speed so that the cannula is moved into a vessel having at least one liquid therein. Subsequently, it becomes constant Sucked fluid through the cannula by means of a pumping device with a predetermined volume flow.
  • At least one optical sensor measures at least one optical parameter of the aspirated fluid, wherein the at least one sensor is disposed between the cannula and the sampling container.
  • a first position of the dosing unit is stored on the axis by the control unit and the movement of the dosing unit is interrupted.
  • the control unit calculates a second position of the dosing unit on the axis at which the tip of the cannula has pierced a phase boundary, in particular when the tip is immersed in the liquid.
  • the object is further achieved by a metering device according to claim 8.
  • the metering device comprises a control unit and a metering unit.
  • the dosing unit has a cannula with a first volume and a tip as well as a withdrawal container fluidically connected to the cannula.
  • the dosing device comprises a drive, with which the dosing unit can be moved linearly along an axis, and a pumping device with which a fluid can be conveyed through the cannula into or out of the removal container.
  • an optical sensor is mounted, which adjoins directly to the cannula.
  • the optical sensor is designed to measure at least one optical parameter of a fluid aspirated through the cannula.
  • the at least one optical sensor is arranged between the cannula and the removal container such that the at least one optical sensor rests directly against the cannula, whereby only the first volume of the cannula is located between the tip of the cannula and the at least one optical sensor.
  • the control unit is designed such that it is based on the first position, the predetermined speed, the first volume and the predetermined Volumetric flow can calculate the second position at which the tip of the cannula has penetrated a phase boundary.
  • the control unit can then calculate at which position of the dosing unit along the axis of the tip of the cannula is immersed in the liquid. Furthermore, the inventive method also provides the Advantage that no part of the necessary to determine the level sensor is immersed in the liquid, whereby no cleaning of the same is necessary.
  • the cannula preferably has a cylindrical cavity through which a fluid can be absorbed or expelled. More preferably, the cannula is preferably made of a metal, in particular steel. By using a metal cannula, it can be ensured that no volume changes result from deformations.
  • the tip of the cannula is preferably formed blunt. Alternatively, the tip of the cannula may also have an oblique cut, for example in order to be able to pierce more easily into a septum which, for example, closes a vessel.
  • cannulas with different outside diameters, different lengths and / or varying volumes can be used.
  • the control unit preferably has input means with which the volume of the inserted cannula can be adjusted.
  • the metering device may also have means with which the volume of the inserted cannula is automatically detected, for example by reading data which are applied to the cannula or stored in this.
  • the dosing unit can also be configured such that it can be used only with cannulas which have a certain volume.
  • the removal container is preferably designed as a cylinder of a syringe.
  • the sampling container can also be designed as a sample loop, which is arranged between the cannula and the syringe.
  • a sample loop as a sampling container, a larger volume of the sample liquid can be removed.
  • the sampling container can be fluidly connected to the cannula either directly or via a conduit, for example a tube.
  • the optical sensor is disposed between the cannula and the conduit.
  • fluidically connected means that two elements either directly with each other or via an intermediate piece, as a conduit, are connected such that a transfer of fluid between these elements is substantially lossless possible.
  • the dosing device preferably has an electric motor. Particularly preferred as a motor servomotor or a stepper motor is used. This allows the most accurate possible drive of the dosing unit, with additional conclusions about the position of the dosing unit along the axis by means of the motor are possible.
  • the metering device preferably has means with which the rotational movement of the electric motor can be converted into a linear movement. This can be realized for example via a spindle or a toothed belt.
  • the dosing unit is preferably movable along the axis via at least one linear guide.
  • the at least one linear guide can be designed, for example, as a linkage, guide groove or spindle, with which the dosing unit is engaged.
  • the axis is in particular aligned such that it is aligned in the intended use of the metering device, in which this is on the ground in the vertical (z) direction.
  • the alignment of the axis corresponds to the longitudinal axis of the vessel.
  • liquids in principle, all liquids that must be dosed in a laboratory in question.
  • the liquids are particularly preferably sample liquids which are to be injected into an analyzer, such as a spectrometer, or reagents, which are then to be added to a sample liquid or a reaction mixture.
  • the control unit preferably has a microcontroller or a chip which is able to control the individual components of the metering device and to carry out calculations.
  • the control unit further preferably has a memory.
  • the first speed may preferably be predetermined by a user via the control unit.
  • the control unit has corresponding input means, such as a keyboard or a touchscreen screen.
  • the first speed can also be fixed by the manufacturer.
  • the control unit and the electric motor preferably have means with which monitoring of the observance of the predetermined first speed can be monitored and optionally readjusted.
  • the rotational speed of a shaft of the electric motor can be monitored via an encoder or the like.
  • the control unit merely needs to know the relationship between the rotational speed of the electric motor and the linear speed of the dosing unit along the axis in order to set the rotational speed of the electric motor to a corresponding value.
  • the metering device also has a pumping device.
  • the metering device can be connected to an external pumping device.
  • the pumping device is controlled by the control unit so that the control unit can monitor the maintenance of the predetermined volume flow by the pumping device.
  • the predetermined volume flow can be changed by a user via the control unit.
  • a piston is used as the pumping device, which is displaceably mounted within a cylinder, which serves as a removal container, for example.
  • a motor-driven actuating device is also preferably provided.
  • the dosing unit is detachably connected to the dosing device.
  • a suitable metering unit can be used.
  • the metering unit can easily be exchanged for a new metering unit in order to ensure a constant quality and constant precision of the metering operations.
  • the control unit has input means by which a user can Replacement of the dosing unit and optionally the selection or input of parameters of the dosing unit allows.
  • the dosing device may also have means with which the replacement of the dosing unit detected and parameters of the newly used dosing unit are automatically detected, for example by automatic reading or detecting located on the dosing unit markers or data.
  • the configuration of the metering device for receiving syringes as a metering unit.
  • a holder for the cylinder of the syringe and a linearly displaceable support for the piston is provided.
  • Such a metering device is used for example in the EP 2 261 676 B1 (CTC Analytics).
  • the at least one optical sensor is preferably arranged between the cannula and the removal container in such a way that it bears directly against the cannula, that is to say so that there is no dead volume between the hollow space of the cannula and the sensor. As a result, only the first volume of the cannula is located between the tip of the cannula and the sensor.
  • an optical sensor is used.
  • the change of a light beam emitted by a light source through the fluid can preferably be measured with the at least one optical sensor.
  • a light source for example, a light emitting diode or a laser source can be used.
  • an infrared light emitting diode is used as the light source, which means that at least one optical parameter of infrared light is measured by the at least one optical sensor.
  • the at least one optical sensor therefore comprises a light source and a light receiver, which are preferably electrically connected to the control unit.
  • the at least one optical sensor is arranged in a sensor housing which can be detachably connected via coupling devices to the cannula and to the sample container or to a line leading to the sample container.
  • the coupling devices are preferably couplings of the luer system. This allows the housing and thus the sensor easily and quickly attached to a syringe and a standard cannula.
  • the couplings can also have, for example, threads or a ground joint with which fluid-tight connections can be achieved.
  • phase boundaries of the fluid aspirated through the cannula in the direction of the receptacle can be detected.
  • a filling level of the vessel in particular a phase transition of gas, in particular air to liquid, is detected.
  • phase boundaries of two liquids for example a phase boundary between a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic liquid.
  • the measured optical parameter is therefore preferably a parameter capable of reliably indicating a phase boundary.
  • the at least one measured optical parameter will change.
  • the movement of the dosing unit along the axis is interrupted and the position of the dosing unit on the axis is stored as a first position by the control unit.
  • the at least one sensor is located between the cannula and the withdrawal container, that is to say that the sensor is arranged on the end of the cannula opposite the tip of the cannula.
  • the breaking of a phase boundary by the tip of the cannula is therefore detected by the sensor with a time delay.
  • the control unit can therefore calculate at which position the dosing unit was located at the point in time at which the tip of the cannula has broken through the phase boundary. This position is stored as a second position by the control unit.
  • the cannula and the sampling container are preferably filled with a rinsing liquid when not in use.
  • a predefined volume of air is preferably drawn into the cannula, so that even when the liquid level is high, mixing between the rinsing liquid and the liquid can not occur.
  • the cannula and the sampling vessel are cleaned with the rinsing liquid and then filled with it.
  • a user preferably selects the type of vessel from a list on the control unit or inputs parameters of the vessel, in particular volume, shape and / or diameter.
  • the control unit receives information about the inserted vessel, which are relevant for controlling the metering device.
  • the at least one sensor preferably measures the refractive index, the turbidity and / or the transmission of light beams of at least one predetermined wavelength in the fluid, in particular of light beams in the infrared range.
  • the vessel is inserted into a holder of the metering device, which is arranged such that an upper edge of the vessel comes to rest at a defined basic position relative to the axis.
  • the control unit calculates the volume of liquid in the vessel based on the second position and the type or parameters of the vessel.
  • the metering device has a rack with a plurality of holders, which allows the arrangement of vessels of a certain type such that the upper edge of the vessels are all in the same plane.
  • the control unit can calculate the absolute level of the liquid in the vessel, starting from the second position.
  • the control unit uses calibration curves in which a correlation between second position and level is stored.
  • a calibration curve can also be calculated by the control unit on the basis of the shape of the vessel and its height and diameter. Since a multiplicity of parameters must be entered for this purpose, for example the shape of the vessel, shape of the vessel tip, height of the vessel, height of the vessel tip, etc, it is preferably provided that a user can select from a list of vessels that can be used with the metering device whose calibration curves already exist are stored in the memory of the control unit.
  • Possible vessels are, for example, microreaction vessels, preparation tubes and / or centrifuge tubes with various capacities, for example 15 ml or 50 ml for centrifuge tubes.
  • the dosing unit is then preferably moved further along the axis in the first direction at the predetermined speed until the sensor again detects a change in the at least one optical parameter.
  • the movement is interrupted and a third position of the dosing unit is stored on the axis.
  • the control unit calculates, based on the third position, the predetermined speed, the first volume and the predetermined volume flow, a fourth position along the axis at which the tip of the cannula has penetrated a second phase boundary within the fluid.
  • the method according to the invention can be used, for example, to determine the fill level in a vessel with two liquid phases, wherein at the same time the liquid level of the second phase can also be determined.
  • the dosing unit can subsequently be moved further in order to measure the liquid level of the third phase.
  • the dosing unit is moved back in a second direction opposite to the first direction until it lies along the axis at a position further along the axis by a predefined distance in the first direction than the second position or the fourth position in which subsequently the pumping device aspirates fluid through the cannula at a predetermined volume flow and the dosing unit is moved in the first direction at a second speed, which is calculated by the control unit based on the predetermined volumetric flow and the type of vessel or parameters entered such that the tip of the cannula remains constant at the predefined distance in the first direction below the first and second phase boundary, respectively.
  • the method according to the invention preferably comprises the movement of the dosing unit along the axis in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, in order to remove the cannula from the vessel. Subsequently, the liquid contained in the cannula and the vessel is ejected into a pouring vessel, wherein preferably the vessel and the cannula are additionally rinsed with a rinsing liquid. Thereafter, the metering unit is moved in the first direction until it is at a position which is further along the axis by a predefined distance in the first direction than the second position.
  • the pumping device sucks fluid through the cannula at a predetermined volume flow, the dosing unit being moved at a second speed in the first direction, which is calculated by the control unit based on the predetermined volume flow and the type of vessel or parameters entered such that the Tip of the cannula is constant by the predefined distance in the first direction below the first phase boundary.
  • the process is interrupted when the dosing unit is in one position which is located along the axis a second predetermined distance in the second direction from the fourth position.
  • the Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a metering device according to the invention 1. Different steps of the inventive method are based on the metering device 1 in the Figs. 1 to 3 shown.
  • the dosing device 1 has a dosing unit 2.
  • the dosing unit 2 is designed as a syringe which comprises a cannula 4.
  • the cannula 4 has a tip 5, which can be inserted into a vessel 11 for receiving or dispensing liquid.
  • the dosing unit 2 has a Removal container 6, which is formed in the embodiment shown as a cylinder of the syringe.
  • the metering device 1 in the illustrated embodiment has a motor linearly displaceable actuator 8, with which a piston 9 can be moved within the acting as a removal container 6 cylinder of the syringe in two directions 19.
  • the syringe is mounted in a holder 10 of the dosing device 1
  • the metering device 1 further comprises a control unit 3, which is merely indicated in the figures.
  • the control unit 3 is arranged in a housing 15 of the metering device 1.
  • the metering device has a drive with which the metering unit 2 can be moved along an axis A.
  • the drive is in the embodiment shown spindle 16, which can be offset by an electric motor 17 in a rotary motion.
  • An arranged on the spindle thread engages in a corresponding thread of the holder 10, whereby the holder 10 - and with this the dosing unit 2 - upon rotation of the spindle 16 depending on the direction of rotation thereof in a first direction 18 or an opposite direction along the Axis A can be moved.
  • an optical sensor 7 is arranged, with which at least one optical parameter of a flowing through the cannula 4 in the receiving container 6 or vice versa fluid can be measured.
  • the optical sensor 7 is connected to the control unit and transmits data to it.
  • the Fig. 1 shows at the same time a first step of the inventive method.
  • the dosing unit 2 is moved by the drive at a first predetermined speed in the first direction 18 along the axis A in order to move the tip 5 of the cannula 4 into the vessel 11.
  • the vessel 11 has an opening 12 into which the cannula 4 can be inserted.
  • the opening 12 can also be closed by a septum through which the cannula can be inserted.
  • a liquid 13 which has a level which forms a phase boundary 14 between the liquid 13 and the ambient air.
  • fluid is drawn in through the cannula 4 into the withdrawal container 6 at a constant, predetermined volumetric flow rate by the pumping device 9.
  • the pumping device 9 Simultaneously with the onset of the movement of the dosing unit 2, fluid is drawn in through the cannula 4 into the withdrawal container 6 at a constant, predetermined volumetric flow rate by the pumping device 9.
  • ambient air is drawn in.
  • the optical parameter measured by the optical sensor 7 will therefore have a substantially constant value.
  • the Fig. 2 shows the metering device 1 at the time in the process in which the tip 5 of the cannula 4 is immersed in the liquid 13 or in which the phase boundary 14 is pierced by the tip 5. Accordingly, from this point on, no longer ambient air is sucked into the cannula, but rather the liquid 13. At this point in time, the dosing unit is at a second position. However, since the optical sensor 7 is located between the cannula 4 and the removal container 6, the optical sensor 7 does not yet detect a phase transition. Only after the entire volume of ambient air located inside the cannula 4 has been sucked into the removal container 6 will the liquid 13 sucked into the cannula 5 pass through the optical sensor 7. At this point, the optical sensor accordingly registers the phase transition.
  • the control unit 3 calculates, based on the predetermined volume flow and the defined volume of the cannula 4, the time t in which the cannula 4 has been completely filled with the fluid 13 or in which the ambient air remaining in the cannula is completely was sucked into the removal container 6. Based on the predetermined first speed, the control unit 3 then the Calculate distance X which the dosing unit has covered within the time t. With this distance X, the control unit can finally calculate the second position of the dosing unit 2 at the time at which the tip 5 of the cannula 4 has broken through the phase boundary 13.

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  1. Procédé de fonctionnement d'un dispositif de dosage (1) doté d'une unité de commande (3) et d'une unité de dosage (2), laquelle comporte une canule (4) avec un premier volume et une pointe (5) ainsi qu'un réceptacle de prélèvement (6) relié fluidiquement à la canule (4), comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    a) mouvement linéaire de l'unité de dosage (2) dans une première direction (18) le long d'un axe (A) avec une vitesse prédéterminée, de sorte que la canule (4) est mue dans un récipient (11) avec au moins un liquide (13) ;
    b) aspiration constante de fluide par la canule (4) au moyen d'un dispositif de pompe (9) avec un débit volumique prédéterminé ;
    c) mesure d'au moins un paramètre optique du fluide aspiré par au moins un capteur optique (7), lequel est agencé entre la canule (4) et le réceptacle de prélèvement (6) ;
    d) lors d'une détection d'une variation de l'au moins un paramètre optique, mémorisation d'une première position de l'unité de dosage (2) sur l'axe (A) par l'unité de commande (3) et interruption du mouvement de l'unité de dosage (2) ;
    e) calcul d'une deuxième position de l'unité de dosage (2) sur l'axe (A) par l'unité de commande (3), à laquelle la pointe (5) de la canule (4) a traversé une première interface (14), à l'aide de la première position, de la vitesse prédéterminée, du premier volume ainsi que du débit volumique.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'un utilisateur sélectionne le type du récipient (11) parmi une liste ou saisit un paramètre du récipient (11), en particulier le volume, la forme et/ou le diamètre, sur l'unité de commande (3).
  3. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que l'au moins un capteur optique (7) mesure l'indice de réfraction, la turbidité et/ou la transmittance de faisceaux lumineux d'au moins une longueur d'onde prédéterminée dans le fluide, en particulier de faisceaux lumineux dans le domaine infrarouge.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 2 à 3, caractérisé en ce qu'avant le mouvement de l'unité de dosage (2) le récipient est déposé dans un support du dispositif doseur (1), agencé de telle sorte qu'un bord supérieur du récipient (11) vient reposer à une position de base définie relativement à l'axe (A) et calcul du volume de liquide (13) se trouvant dans le récipient (11) par l'unité de commande (3) à l'aide de la deuxième position ainsi que du type ou des paramètres du récipient (11) .
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de dosage (2) est mue plus avant le long de l'axe (A) dans la première direction (18) avec la vitesse prédéterminée jusqu'à ce que le capteur optique (7) détecte de nouveau une variation de l'au moins un paramètre optique, dans lequel le mouvement est interrompu et une troisième position de l'unité de dosage (2) sur l'axe (A) est mémorisée, et dans lequel à l'aide de la troisième position, de la vitesse prédéterminée, du premier volume ainsi que du débit volumique prédéterminé une quatrième position le long de l'axe est calculée, à laquelle la pointe (5) de la canule (4) a traversé une deuxième interface au sein du liquide (13) .
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 2 à 5, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de dosage (2) est mue en retour dans une deuxième direction, opposée à la première direction (18), jusqu'à ce qu'elle se trouve à une position le long de l'axe (A), laquelle est plus éloignée, d'une distance prédéfinie, que la deuxième position ou que la quatrième position dans la première direction (18) le long de l'axe (A), dans lequel le dispositif de pompe (9) aspire ensuite du fluide par la canule (4) avec un débit volumique prédéterminé et l'unité de dosage (2) est mue dans la première direction (18) avec une deuxième vitesse, laquelle est calculée par l'unité de commande (3) à l'aide du débit volumique prédéterminé et du type de récipient (11) ou des paramètres saisis pour le récipient (11) de sorte que la pointe (5) de la canule (4) reste constamment à la distance prédéfinie dans la première direction en dessous de la première interface (13) ou respectivement de la deuxième interface.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre les étapes suivantes :
    a) mouvement de l'unité de dosage (2) le long de l'axe (A) dans une deuxième direction, laquelle est opposée à la première direction (18), afin d'enlever la canule (4) du récipient (11) ;
    b) éjection dans un réceptacle de décharge du liquide (13) se trouvant dans la canule (4) ainsi que dans le réceptacle de prélèvement (6), de préférence suivie par un rinçage du réceptacle de prélèvement (6) ainsi que de la canule (4) avec un liquide de rinçage ;
    c) mouvement de l'unité de dosage (2) dans la première direction (18) jusqu'à une position, laquelle est plus éloignée, d'une distance prédéfinie, que la deuxième position dans la première direction (18) le long de l'axe (A),dans lequel le dispositif de pompe (9) aspire ensuite du fluide par la canule (4) avec le débit volumique prédéterminé et l'unité de dosage (2) est mue dans la première direction (18) avec une deuxième vitesse, laquelle est calculée par l'unité de commande (3) à l'aide du débit volumique prédéterminé et du type de récipient (11) ou des paramètres saisis pour le récipient (11) de sorte que la pointe (5) de la canule (4) reste constamment immergée dans le fluide à la distance prédéfinie dans la première direction (18) ;
    d) interruption du procédé, lorsque l'unité de dosage (2) atteint une position le long de l'axe (A), laquelle est éloignée de la quatrième position d'une deuxième distance prédéterminée dans la deuxième direction.
  8. Dispositif de dosage pour la mise en oeuvre d'un procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, comprenant une unité de commande (3) et une unité de dosage (2), laquelle comporte une canule (4) avec un premier volume et une pointe (5) ainsi qu'un réceptacle de prélèvement (6) relié fluidiquement à la canule ainsi qu'un entraînement (16, 17), avec lequel l'unité de dosage (2) peut être mue linéairement le long d'un axe (A) et un dispositif de pompe (9), avec lequel un fluide peut être déplacé par la canule (4) vers le récipient (11) ou hors du récipient, de même qu'au moins un capteur optique (7), lequel est agencé pour la mesure d'au moins un paramètre optique du fluide aspiré par la canule (4), dans lequel l'au moins un capteur optique (7) est arrangé entre la canule (4) et le réceptacle de prélèvement (6) de telle sorte que l'au moins un capteur optique (7) repose directement sur la canule (4), où entre la pointe (5) de la canule (4) et l'au moins un capteur optique (7) se trouve uniquement le premier volume de la canule (4), et dans lequel l'unité de commande (3) est conçue de telle sorte qu'elle peut calculer la deuxième position à laquelle la pointe (5) de la canule (4) traverse la première interface (14), à l'aide de la première position, du premier volume, de la vitesse prédéterminée ainsi que du débit volumique prédéterminé.
  9. Dispositif de dosage selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que l'au moins un capteur optique (7) est agencé dans un boîtier de capteur, lequel est, par le biais de dispositifs d'accouplement, raccordable de manière amovible à la canule (4) ainsi qu'au réceptacle de prélèvement (6) ou à une conduite menant au réceptacle de prélèvement (6).
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